Noida: Green Panel raises pollution alert in NCR: Hindustan times

” The Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Wednesday asked all departmental heads of national capital region (NCR) towns, including Noida, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut, to seriously implement a graded plan with an aim to mitigate air pollution in Delhi-NCR.

The directive followed a high level meeting featuring the EPCA panellists and officials of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, district administration, municipal corporations, public works department and the transport department among others. Sanjeev Saran, principal secretary for forest and environment, UP, Bhure Lal, EPCA committee chairman, Amit Mohan Prasad , chief executive officer of Noida authority and Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) were among the top officials taking part in the meeting.” Hindustan Times